Vehicle-seat



(No Model.)

H. M. CLARK.

VEHICLE SEAT. E

Patented Feb. 8, 1898.

WITNESSES PATENT vl FFICE. 1

HERBERT M. CLARK, OF OSHKOSI-I, WISCONSIN.

VEHICLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,695, dated February 8, 1898.

Application filed August 20, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. CLARK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Seats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle-seats; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a removable spring-cushion which shall extend below the line of the seat-frame, so that long springs may be used, and,second, to provide an opening in the seatsupport to receive the extension of the cushion and not change the old construction of the vehicle-body or raise the relative height of the cushion-top.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section across the side of the cushion, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the seat- I frame.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

A is the seat-frame, provided with a cen-, tral opening a, and A is the back panel of the seat, attached to the seat-frame A.

B is the cushion-frame of approximately the same shape as the seat-frame, and to this I attach the hangers F F, which support the bottom F, to which the springs e e e are at ing upwardly to support the cover and stuff ing, but the cushion has necessarily been so thin that only short springs could be used,

Serial No. 648,900. (No model.)

and it has been usual to slide the cushion in upon the seat-floor.

I In my invention it will be observed that the same carriage-bottom may be used with the same height of seat and the same construction of seat-frame, except that the floor is removed and an opening provided to admit the extended cushion-bottom, the cushion-frame resting upon the seat-frame. When the cushion is properly adjusted, the hangers F F support the cushion-bottom and springs',as shown in Fig. 1. The construction shown also serves to retain the cushion in position without tendency to slide forward.

In Fig. 1 the hangers F F are shown as extending downward through both the opening in the cushion-frame and through the opening in the seat-frame. By this construction the cushion-frame will be prevented from accidentally sliding forward off the seatframe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a vehicle seat-frame having a central opening, of a cushion-frame which rests removably on the top of the seatframe,said cushion-frame being also provided with a central opening, hangers attached to the cushion-frame and extending downwardly through the central opening in the cushionframe,and vertically-arranged coil-springs attached at their lower ends to the hangers and supported thereby, the construction and arrangement being such that the cushion-frame carrying the springs can'be removed withsprings attached at their lower ends to the hangers and supported thereby, the construction and arrangement being such that the cushion-frame carrying the springs can be removed without afiecting the seat-frame, and when in place will be prevented from sliding cally-arranged coil-springs attached at their lower ends to the hangers and supported thereby, a covering for the springs, and a cushion proper resting on top of said springs, I 5

substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I HERBERT M. CLARK. Witnesses:

F. J. MOKENNEY, CHAS. J. MUTHART. 

